As the United States drew closer to the conclusion of a fourth straight day defined by the government shutdown, on Friday evening Piers Morgan asked a pair of politicians, each representing alternate sides of the aisle, to share their party and personal perspectives.

"The House passed...a continuing resolution that would fund all of the government except that one portion of Obamacare. Then, that was rejected," explained Marsha Blackburn, a Republican Congresswoman from Tennessee. "We came back and said, well, let's just delay it. The president has delayed 19 provisions of the law, gave 1600 waivers, and this weekend, has taken the website down for repairs."

"What we have to do tomorrow morning, is go on the House floor, have the Republicans put the clean continuing spending resolution on the floor to reopen the government completely. Instead what they are doing is they are holding our economy hostage and using Obamacare as ransom," said the Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee. "That's basically what they did. And whether it's defunding or repealing or delaying, there is no way around they are simply trying to extract and extort what they couldn't get when the bill was on the floor when it passed into law, when the president signed it, the Supreme Court upheld it, and we had an election over it."

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Piers Morgan asked Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on what she thought of the situation in which the mentally ill woman was gunned down in a hell of bullets by Capitol Hill Police yesterday assuming that she had a bomb in her car or rather she was some sort of a terrorist. I must say that I am very disappointed in Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for simply answering the question by praising Capitol Hill Cops for killing a mentally ill woman but fail to say even one word about the fact that this woman was innocent and she was killed for simply being a mentally challenged individual. She did not say a word to the effect that the only victim yesterday was this poor woman. Capitol Hill Cops will never be heroes for killing a sick person. I am sorry for Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and I am very sorry for the family of the poor woman and her now motherless child. God bless the USA.

I understand the government shut down. Let me inform you Mr. Piers this is the exactly the same way then democratic caucus drum up the and the housing bubble was created . In that Rep Charlie Rangle from NY one of the main activist who got to relax the way house was sold. Invented easy buy stagey during Clinton administration. The bumper sticker slogan every body could and can and should own a home . So they relaxed the lending policy end up making people to buy houses with little or no money down. We know what happened after that . Obama care , I have not much clue about it . Budget has to be figured out . You talk about all this suffering .people going through. But the cost cannot be overlooked. I feel Republicans are doing the right thing by figuring out if this can be sustain . Obama already raised the taxes on people . refused to taxes on the top created the jobs not growing .energy prices have gone up due to that price index on the whole sale food has gone up. I don't know He brought the situation on slippery slope. . In the mean time people who don't have insurance should be given some kind of relief till they figure out a way .

This what is wrong with our Country! There are too many people who are misinformed, poorly educated and lacking in the safistication required to understand or comment in a concise and informed way. Congresswoman Wasserman Shultz is a breath of fresh air, bright, ethical and would make a wonderful President to follow President Obama. It is apparent that Marsha Blackburn is being supported by special interests as her comments just do not jive with the known facts!

I nearly threw a cushion at the TV last night when I saw yet again the face (and in-your-face flag setting) of the Israeli prime minister.. Pleas---overkill (all the networks, private and public selling Bibi's brutalizing tale of what the US should be doing in/with Iran, 2013). I expect and truly hope the saturation will have the opposite effect .

Fine....Mr. President please get rid of those 1600 waivers and 19 provisions you gave into to satisfy certain political/business people and let the Affordable Health Care be fully enacted today. This will give the GOP what they are asking for according to their talking heads and we can end this hostile shutdown of our "We The People's" government.

Obama care is a law. There is nothing to talk about our's presidents have nothing to say to those idiots. Just fire every single member of Congress, with no money, no NOTHING. Tea Party terrorists !!!. We are with you Ms. President. We the people love you. Don't give in. Fire them all.

Shutdown the Government over Obamacare? If they succeed, this tactic will become commonplace. Next time it could be a group of Democrats shutting down the government unless their demands for gun control are met. Or either party could use this tactic to demand a President they don’t like resign. This is not Democracy; it is tyranny by a minority. Win your argument at the ballot box, or by debate within the halls of government, but when those fail don’t act like a petulant child; “if I can’t have it my way then I won’t let anyone play.”

Contact me and I can tell U why the Beast is winning,, we can bring the USA back to a solid foundation. And keep fear N our enemy .,We had this 50 years ago. We let the Beast N the gate. It's Ben 50 years.

I don't get Piers Morgan. Last week he seemed as if he supported Obamacare and he disagreed with what some of the republicans are doing by shutting down the government yet last night he sided with the republicans and Marsha Blackburn. What did he expect the president to say during the press conference. He has already been through this issue with the republicans for four years now, there wasn't much more he could say. The republicans that are causing this government shut down are being irresponsible and as a the president mentioned before reckless. I don't think that they should get paid either...their taking advantage of the government and their position while practically everyone else suffers. And what the heck was Marsha Blackburn talking about... those fuzzy numbers again!! Does she really expect people to believe those numbers she threw out???? Think not...

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